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Words of destiny practicing astrology in North India /
Investigates the professional practices of astrologers in urban India and their popularity among the educated middle and upper classes.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2021.
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| Colección: | SUNY series in Hindu studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Guenzi, Caterina, |e author. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Discours du destin. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Words of destiny |h [electronic resource] : |b practicing astrology in North India / |c Caterina Guenzi. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Albany : |b State University of New York Press, |c 2021. | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Approaching Astrology: Standpoints -- Astrology in South Asia: The Current State of Research -- Astrology in Banaras: In the Field -- Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Terminology -- Part I Institutions -- Chapter 1 The Many Branches of a Tree: Jyotiṣa as a Scholarly Tradition -- An Auxiliary Discipline -- Cosmological Associations -- Division into Branches -- The Unity of the Discipline -- Local Knowledge -- Chapter 2 Professors and Prophecies: Astrology at Universities in Banaras -- Debating "Useful Knowledge" | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Astrology as a Vedic Science -- Departments at Work -- Research and Rewriting -- Chapter 3 Sacred Specialists, Modern Professionals: Astrologers between the Temple and the Office -- A Syncretic Professional Identity -- Pandits and Doctors -- Temple, Home, and Office -- Plates -- Part II Readings -- Chapter 4 Horoscopes and Truth: Divinatory Techniques and Their Applications -- The Horoscope -- The Question -- Auspicious Times -- The Hand, the Body -- Truth of the Horoscope, Reality of Facts -- Chapter 5 Karma and Bhāgya: The Idea of Destiny in Astrological Consultations | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Astrology and the Theory of Karma: Antagonism and Complementarity -- The Allotted Share: The Semantics of Bhāgya -- Finding Out the "Lot" -- Destiny's Fluctuations: Daśās (Periods) and Yogs (Planetary Conjunctions) -- Human Mistakes, Cosmic Flaws -- Chapter 6 Shared Destinies: Kinship Connections in Horoscope Reading -- Brothers and Sisters -- Parents and Children -- Husband and Wife -- Saṃbandhit Jyotiṣ, "Connected Astrology" -- Part III Treatments -- Chapter 7 Astrology and Possession: Planetary Influence and Middle-Class Afflictions -- Idioms of Suffering | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Quarrels and Marriage: Mars and the Maṅgal Doṣ -- Sāṛhe Sātī and Saturnian Business -- Of Snakes and Demons: The Kāl Sarp Doṣ -- Chapter 8 More or Less Effective: Remedies and Efficacy -- Price and Efficacy -- Gods and Planets -- Tantric Remedies and the Astrologer's Siddhi -- "Vedic" and "Tantric" Methods -- The Power of Stones: Rays and Radiations -- Conclusion -- The Future of Astrologers -- Annex: Bachelor's and Master's Syllabi in Jyotiṣa at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) -- Bachelor's (Śāstrī Parīkṣa) in Jyotiṣa -- Teaching Program (Pāṭhyakrama) -- First Year (Prathamavarṣa) | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Second Year (Dvitīyavarṣa) -- Master's (Ācārya Parīkṣa) in Jyotiṣa -- Teaching Program (Pāṭhyakrama) -- First Year (Prathamavarṣa) -- Second Year (Dvitīyavarṣa) -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 546 | |a Translated from the French. | ||
| 520 | |a Investigates the professional practices of astrologers in urban India and their popularity among the educated middle and upper classes. | ||
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